What makes your day?
Adobe unveiled the winners of its tenth annual student prize Adobe Design Achievement Awards this week, with a UK student, Napatsawan Chirayukool, topping the animation category. Chirayukool, from Kingston University,
From the shadows
Next week, the Victoria & Albert Museum hosts the first exhibition of work by contemporary camera-less photographers in a UK museum. The exhibition, which has been curated by the V&A’s
Editor’s blog
The London Design Festival is well behind us now, but other creative celebrations continue. Cardiff is still in the throes of its annual designfest and the likes of Barcelona and
Web Stories
Below are the top online news stories published by Design Week over the past week. Magazine subscribers can sign up for free e-mail alerts and access the archive at www.designweek.co.uk.
Voxpop
Webb & Webb has rebranded classic toy Playplax. What was your favourite childhood toy and why?
Peter & Paul brands BBC-backed village community project
Peter & Paul has been appointed to develop the branding for Taste Tideswell, a community-led project supported by the Big Lottery Fund and the BBC.
Predicted rise in passengers triggers retail revamp by JHP at Bordeaux-Merignac airport
JHP is redeveloping the ’retail masterplan’ of Bordeaux-Merignac airport’s two original terminal buildings in France.
Ale and arty
French band Phoenix has worked with Inventory Studio and Valero Doval to create a series of limited-edition labels for bottles and cans for Beck’s beer.
Harp sharpens up
Holmes & Marchant has redesigned the packaging for Northern Irish lager Harp.
Latest articles
“Pantone Colour of the Year had better stay away from my electric blue”
Pantone has made a name for itself as a colour trend-setter, telling the world it knows what shade will dominate everything from fashion and packaging, to art and furniture the
3D-printed headphones that double up as a hearing aid
HeX earbuds can be used as regular earphones by those without hearing problems, and as an aid by those with hearing loss, in a bid to create a product for
Studio Moross brands Massive, a company promoting cinema to young people
Massive is a website and poster campaign that looks to encourage those aged 16-24 across the UK to go see new, British films.
Could hiding designers’ identities rid the industry of unconscious bias?
Creative jobs website and networking platform The Dots has launched the “bias blocker”, a new browsing mode that stops employers being able to see candidates’ photos, names, education and employment
